This ain't going to make me any more popular, but…

alternateorg on February 12, 2002

Okay, on Camworld today, a reader writes in about eTrade’s preview of their new site:


I guess it’s time for me to find a new brokerage and bank…

…Because the new-fangled site does not support Netscape 4.x on his Mac. Do people seriously consider dropping their fucking bank because it doesn’t support a god-damned 2-year old browser? I mean, jesus. I think that might mean it’s time to readjust your priorities, when using IE5 (by just about all means a better browser, on the Mac) is just too impossible to consider, but changing banks based on something so arbitrary is a snap.

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8 Replies to “This ain't going to make me any more popular, but…”

  1. SU February 13, 2002 at 11:16 am

    It’s not as if Cam didn’t have other reasons to switch—I’d switch because of the shoddy interface they created and the poor customer service.

  2. kev February 13, 2002 at 2:00 pm

    it wasnt acutally cam. it was someone who wrote in about it. but they didnt even mention that stuff.

  3. Stewart Vardaman February 13, 2002 at 4:29 pm

    Hell, I agree. NS 4.x’s rendering engine is soooo slooow I don’t understand why anyone would tolerate it, regardless of how they feel about Microsoft. If you gotta have that traditional NS look-and-feel, quit yer bitchin’ and go download Mozilla.

  4. SU February 14, 2002 at 3:54 pm

    Lots of people use Netscape for e-mail, believe it or not (Communicator). I finally got my sister to switch to Outlook Express/IE so I wouldn’t have to constantly code for Netscrape 4.x on the pages I share with her.

  5. SU February 13, 2002 at 11:16 am

    It’s not as if Cam didn’t have other reasons to switch—I’d switch because of the shoddy interface they created and the poor customer service.

  6. kev February 13, 2002 at 2:00 pm

    it wasnt acutally cam. it was someone who wrote in about it. but they didnt even mention that stuff.

  7. Stewart Vardaman February 13, 2002 at 4:29 pm

    Hell, I agree. NS 4.x’s rendering engine is soooo slooow I don’t understand why anyone would tolerate it, regardless of how they feel about Microsoft. If you gotta have that traditional NS look-and-feel, quit yer bitchin’ and go download Mozilla.

  8. SU February 14, 2002 at 3:54 pm

    Lots of people use Netscape for e-mail, believe it or not (Communicator). I finally got my sister to switch to Outlook Express/IE so I wouldn’t have to constantly code for Netscrape 4.x on the pages I share with her.

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